Anthony Powell Quote

Being bored is the price we pay for not being insane.

Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.

The fact that the person who you are sleeping with is also sleeping with another person or other people does not necessarily mean that he or she does not love you. And the fact that you are the only p...

The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling i...

Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.

One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.